REG - Vodafone Group Plc - Result of AGM
VODAFONE GROUP PLC
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Results of Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of Vodafone Group Plc was held at the Royal Lancaster London, Lancaster Terrace, London W2 2TY on Tuesday 23 July 2019 at 11.00 am.
The results of polls on all 23 resolutions were as follows:
Resolution
Total votes validly cast
Percentage of relevant shares in issue (%)
For
For (% of shares voted)
Against
Against (% of shares voted)
Votes withheld
1.
To receive the Company's accounts, the strategic report and reports of the Directors and the auditor for the year ended 31 March 2019.
17,464,929,392
65.25
17,410,743,023
99.69
54,186,369
0.31
59,014,529
2.
To elect Sanjiv Ahuja as a Director.
17,498,152,303
65.37
17,343,829,350
99.12
154,322,953
0.88
25,808,313
3.
To elect David Thodey as a Director.
17,498,474,849
65.37
17,346,505,379
99.13
151,969,470
0.87
25,514,239
4.
To re-elect Gerard Kleisterlee as a Director.
17,459,096,113
65.23
16,439,004,618
94.16
1,020,091,495
5.84
64,881,479
5.
To re-elect Nick Read as a Director.
17,459,907,169
65.23
17,302,726,489
99.10
157,180,680
0.90
64,084,116
6.
To re-elect Margherita Della Valle as a Director.
17,460,352,293
65.23
17,113,795,729
98.02
346,556,564
1.98
63,558,237
7.
To re-elect Sir Crispin Davis as a Director.
17,458,216,912
65.22
16,863,487,423
96.59
594,729,489
3.41
65,775,978
8.
To re-elect Michel Demaré as a Director.
17,458,129,205
65.22
17,298,394,157
99.09
159,735,048
0.91
65,852,227
9.
To re-elect Dame Clara Furse as a Director.
17,445,846,832
65.18
17,286,612,058
99.09
159,234,774
0.91
63,827,393
10.
To re-elect Valerie Gooding as a Director.
17,460,325,066
65.23
17,163,537,102
98.30
296,787,964
1.70
63,667,239
11.
To re-elect Renee James as a Director.
17,460,046,980
65.23
17,089,942,164
97.88
370,104,816
2.12
63,912,588
12.
To re-elect Maria Amparo Moraleda Martinez as a Director.
17,458,579,648
65.22
17,253,143,888
98.82
205,435,760
1.18
65,394,890
13.
To re-elect David Nish as a Director.
17,339,575,098
64.78
17,180,601,169
99.08
158,973,929
0.92
184,436,425
14.
To declare a final dividend of 4.16 eurocents per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2019.
17,508,326,508
65.41
17,461,129,741
99.73
47,196,767
0.27
15,656,849
15.
To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration contained in the Remuneration Report of the Board for the year ended 31 March 2019.
17,235,623,399
64.39
15,104,854,059
87.64
2,130,769,340
12.36
288,299,412
16.
To appoint Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's auditor until the end of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company.
17,508,031,980
65.41
17,489,351,425
99.89
18,680,555
0.11
15,927,101
17.
To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor.
17,504,005,498
65.39
17,484,655,675
99.89
19,349,823
0.11
19,963,674
18.
To authorise the Directors to allot shares, grant rights to subscribe for shares and to convert any security into shares in the Company.
17,499,592,167
65.38
16,072,351,660
91.84
1,427,240,507
8.16
24,223,790
19.
To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights.
17,480,111,556
65.30
16,951,637,211
96.98
528,474,345
3.02
43,829,493
20.
To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights up to a further 5 per cent for the purposes of financing an acquisition or other capital investment.
17,482,705,578
65.31
16,581,620,410
94.85
901,085,168
5.15
41,199,040
21.
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares.
17,497,547,724
65.37
17,296,597,409
98.85
200,950,315
1.15
26,417,463
22.
To authorise political donations and expenditure.
17,330,439,896
64.74
16,910,224,440
97.58
420,215,456
2.42
193,517,792
23.
To authorise the Board to call general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on a minimum of 14 clear days' notice.
17,414,170,946
65.06
16,408,281,946
94.22
1,005,889,000
5.78
109,803,491
The number of Ordinary Shares in issue on 19 July 2019 (excluding shares held in Treasury) was 26,767,409,927. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast.
Resolutions 1 to 18 (inclusive) and 22 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions. Resolutions 19, 20, 21 and 23 were passed as Special Resolutions.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of Resolutions 22 and 23, passed as Special Business at the Annual General Meeting, have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Other matters
Following conclusion of the Annual General Meeting, the below changes to the composition of the Board and its Committees were effective:
- Samuel Jonah KBE did not seek re-election as a Non-Executive Director and therefore retired from the Board.
- Dame Clara Furse was appointed as a member of the Remuneration Committee and stepped down from the Audit and Risk Committee.
- Sanjiv Ahuja and Michel Demaré were appointed as members of the Audit and Risk Committee. Michel Demaré remains a member of the Remuneration Committee.
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